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AST0K1A. OKEOOK -SATURDAY
MAY 28, 1BS1
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Editor.
Commodore Nutts wife, Lillian
Elston, remained with him and
mourns his death. She whs a de
voted wife.
'Che Taxation of Ships.
Tho -followinir letter from Sec-
rotary Blaine, to a Massachusetts
' ninrrrnwmnn flnnPiins in tiif rSn1?.
ton Advertiser of recent date. His
views on the local taxation of
sliippiug are sound, and the text
of the whole icttcr covers very
much the same ideas as were ad- j
vanced in The Astoriax by Capt.
Woodbur', deceased, then in this
port as master of the ship Valley
iTorge. Secretary Blaine suys:
The removal ai local taxation
from vessels enijaEred in the for
MISCELLANEOUS.
i A WORD OF WISHING
IMPORTANT
fiOMCEffiT:
110! FOE THE BEST iXD CHEAPEST
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On the 2Gth, in Now York, the
reformed Episcopal convention
denounced polygamy us a blot on
Vi nnfinnc nlioroilnv TifflVl Tl'mf 1
, r -i r. ' i l .- eisrn carryins trade would be an
tuLuc ouucu u .i n.. -v .. immense help in the effort to re-
for its extirpation. i vjvt American commerce. Since
our conversation in regard to a
bill to that effect, now pending
before the Massachusetts legisla
ture, 1 have felt impelled to write
OK THE
-GO TO-
HOUSE
To make room for an immense Mock of -ohK
that arc arrh ing 1j eer Meanier.
I will 11 for the
NEXT TniRTY BATS
Greatly KcmIucpiI Prices !
My fiilire liK'k. omfpriMiitj tlir lul.t M le
Two hundred and thitly-eight
bodies liave been leeowrod from
the London, Ontario, disaster.
The hull of the stitir-i is to be you a word, in the hope that I may
,, .i-t .i i .i:r, nuicken your zeal in urging its
blown up to libfiate otliei lnviies ,iu""v J . .o.
1 . nassaiTi'. " ships m the foreign
supposed to be undfi it. j tra(le of the Suited States can be
i- .i i,i ! taxed, as in other countries, upon
J their income and not upon their
because they miiiiioL gt ayj t tnn a reilt step
promise frots; tin' admiiiist rat ion of' wouj,i j,t taken in the right
niitionaore. Tin im-sident m:J direction. Xo person paying
JJlaine both favor iftiUi :v,ulh-, t's on other property need com-j
... . i main 01 Mil umair ium;j jMuiiaLiuu,
can oro-anration in iitiin. which ... .
'" Ba,,",tt" - because if we can eticourage slup-
of course uouUl lead to defcnit.' tuitiliiiir in this way we will secure
If New York cannot Ij' held, and , &n income ta; whereasjf we do not
the solid south melted; wlit pios-'fjiiicklv do something to develop
peer K there fw fnrthei Micros? our nat Ration interests we shall
1 be utterly di iveu from the sea by
The Xcw York IfcruM of the out wi and mon far-siglited
Glli give, the histoiv awl n map ! m'. In other words it would
, ,8 , ." , be better to have the navigation
of the uvx.lv p.ojeeted wotein pj0jjeriv I):!ltlc pio,perous u'nder a
gi-aiti loute. !nin the plan-and w-,;e ..yem of taxation than tohave
prospects of the Hennepin eaual. it entiiely di'-appeai under an un
The plan will eoimtft tin Mi-M- wi-e-yst'em. There need be no
sippiwith the IHhioi-. and ,lie JMlousy on the pari of the coast-
11 , ... , mr tiade, because that is eonuned
cargoes of g. am ente, mg the ,., , velsj Jd lho?e pn.
from the Mississippi will, by canal rge,l ;n jt me all sailing under
and Illinois ijyir. !; Homed to the -nine eonditions, and have
Chicago and theie fall into the' oniy to encounter fair and honor-.
able competition among them-
selves I Jut American ships in
the loioijrn trade do not sail under
Kalloch w foiled in his ell'oit the same conditions with ships of
iosecme lecognition bv the linp- European countries. "NYc place
.-,,,. i- : , . ik bin dens and costs and taxes upon
tist Indianapole. sociotv. He . . ,
' - our vessel's n om which vessels of
called upon one of the ecictmies, forc1iri, Comitrios are exempt, fn
and upon stating his ctrand, was ' &l0rtj ue load them .down with I it will pay on well for ourt nmhlr.
tout mat Ills cotiise iiouut i nei eaciion-anu oppressious,aiiuineu j
nf ilrinp- fi w 1 1 i 1 1 Uoi i ws no
v ... . .,11- .i i Ameiican shii)s do not hold their,
disposition to attack him. there1 . , ! . . .Mf
1 . own in the international contest
was an uiimi-riakabU- lesiic to ig- Ior ,lje tnule of llie wn(1 Thcre
nore him entiiely, and eonmion is not a manufacturing intctest in
prudence should teach him to keep! Now I'irhmd. or any other part
awav. Kallock thereum.n nit,. !bf the United States, that would.
(j . not bo swept out of existence if
. subjected to the same conditions
Sir Edwaid Thornton, having' that for cars have oppressed
been tendcied th; British minion ' Aiiieriain .-hipping. I believe the
n i?.,oC;., ... ;.. .;h ,....,t . jrovpiinneiit of the Tnitcd States
. V will speedilv remove evcrv tax, re-j
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already cstabli-hwl grwiii loute- lc
the Atlantic.
Dress Goods,
Fancy Goods,
Cloaks, Dolmans,
Ladles and Child rens Shoes und Slippers
I.so
i ro.MPi.KTK i.ini: or
MENS AND YOl'THS
CLOTHING
FURNISHING GOODS,
Hats. Taps,
Boots, Shoes,
:tc. etc. etc.
JSefori iuivi:imii jotir s'" I'KfHhi'tv
call in and vamino m s'0'" ami ihwi-.
KIGIIT YDS. lirui: LINEN ("KASII -I
TEN YDS. ITHE KL'SSIA fit .SH 1
ITKE I.INKN T)YEL. KT!S. hAKCK v. '
MiSI'i'l! (ii'Olb UFl'KKKD j
l.AHGi: SIZi: IlONT.Y COMU TOWEL - t'KNTS
FOm J..K(.'KM.K MOUM1K TOWEI- : crT. KACII
SIX J.AKfiE SIZK MOKMIE TOWELS o 1 : 1'EK DOZEN '
EXTKA LAUGi: Tl'ItKISH TOWELS -jr. ST-.TKN'TS
KXTKA TINE UNl'.LEACHED TAI'.LE 1.1NU.N
TKIt YARD : 7:. CJKNTS
KXTKA FINE ULEACUED TAP.LK LINEN V, 7:. TESTS j
TUKKKY Uhl) TAI'.LE LINKS. l'Elt AIS1 - I
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' MAKSEILES ItED Sl'KKADS .. 1 -.. 2 tu
. MONEY COM1S ISEI) SlMtEADS. LAKtii: l'.K . ikj l r5 1
HONEY COMll 1IEI) MMJEAPS. EXTUA SIZE... I 23 2i ' ,
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WHIT?: HOUSE STOKE,
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ASTOJUA, OKEGON.
LADIES SOLID COLOK HOSIKKY
LADIES KIIJKED HOS1EKY
LADIES TLA1N IIOSIEKY
LADIES KKOWN KALKRIOAX HOSIEK1
LADIKS KMRR01DEKE1) HOSIERS
MISSES MERINO. STRIPED. I PAIR
MISSES ENGLISH SEAM, 2 PAIR
(MISSES FANCY HOSE. EXTJLY (il'ALlTY.
TWO PAIR
LADIKS HEMMED HANDKERCHIEFS TOL-
ORED BORDERS. :: PAIR FOR
LADIES LINKN HANDKERCHIEFS, 2 PA IP. . -
LADIES IMITATION SILK. ALL COLnRS
LADIES PI'RK SILK. ALL COLORS
Aii'l fluiT lip 1h toMrtiHO
GENT CANTON FLNNKL UNDERWEAR.... aj 7.1
GENTS 3LERLS0 EXTRA HEAVY UNDER WEA R 73
G?:NTS 1JLUK AND RED FLANNEL UNDER
WEAR, ALL WOOL v 1 i &i
GENT? IJLUE OYKRSHIJITS 1 S5 l 75
GENTS OVERALLS AND JUMPERS ." 7.",
GENTS JJLTE 0Ti:RSUIRTS 1 ar, 1 7r.
GENTS WHITE SHIRTS I 00 1 .'$
GENTS PERCALE SHIRTS I 00 1 .TO
GENTS Fl'LL ItEGULAP. MADE HOSE 12-
ROOTS AND SHOES LOWER THAN THE LOWEST.
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: Don't be Humbugged Again by Professed! .-'
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-u.ouun oa.es, uronu up iui mo RM m mm MSRflliiiXT TAILOR
Express Purpose of Gram. ; oxs.,
WHY BUY TRASH "WHEN YOU CaNm-s m!EE!- - - - - atokia. oiu-gox.
GET 3IUCH NEWER AND BETTER ; "
GOODS AT LESS PRICE- !
Is is not rprisnnrihlf rhnt should np.rson mcaiiinv ri i""-
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"square business desire to dispose of their stock at lessi
than market price and without proht at Auction, would he j
not chose a much larger field than our city.? ; 'j
You all have been taught a lesson a few months since
by the man "mit a license." Now don't be misled again, -2
for reference to buyers of Auction Trash I will post themi
in a few of my prices to compare ' "
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A l'iiio .Mock of rrtiviRii ni:l JloiiH-slic Cloths. Cntsiiiiurcn :inI.
TupciIs. X 1"iiH 8.ii: ol'Tnilor Trimmings, VAv.
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iTh l?'s: ('tiller :uul Tniior t ill HIuUc up his ;ooils -with
Villi .'ii:ir:i:il.i :: to I'H :inI Finish.
of Anicrican commerce. To that
end 1 shall assiduously labor. But
the movement in Massachusetts is
From America to Kussia! from a'i,yUs nuilioiity .stands in the way
great, free and iilirlili'iicd lepub
lic to a diso!rntiiyerf, di-oidorcd
. , ,.. ,.,..! more important than any step
tioiKil liberty to a .stato of unbuilt-1 i,:ti1vrt nl.-rt fr r ei,;.i.ii;i.l.
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lliorntoiis opinion. In; mis a I ,, , ' , .
, c - ' ) would soon liave a race between
' I J" the commercial states as to which
A newtratvin the inK-icsi of f.ould d. thf "l051"1 lbe wa3' o(
, . . " , , ., lijyhteninir tlie burdens upon our
humanity between Japan mnl Hie, ...- hlittrttqLt. -111 that
ed tyranny to rofnm th ihjc to ing and cominorciul iuteresLs. 1
the other is a piomotion, 3 it V; sincerely, trust it will succeed.
Let us hope that if this i Sir L'd-JT!'e example would be followed in
United States ! just been rati-. form of rivalry becomes active tlie
Ged. The Japanese agtee to incur 1 day for our commercial supremacy
all needed expenses for the rescue, will have dawned.
clothing- and maintaiuauce of ship-j
wiecked American hailoi.s on its'
NEW TO-DAY.
coasts, as well as for the lecovery PHOTO AND FERREOTYPE
of. the bodies of the drowned and '
.1.. 1 .! .fi . i 1 mi - T . t . j.
uiu uuriai 01 me aeau. 1 nc 1 nueu
States government in return, binds!
itself to discharge the same offices
for Japanese marineib who may
disastrously fall oi our coasts.
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.s. 1:. ckow. - ri:oi'KiirroR
Oiijxite ICiiiM'djul CU in oli. .sijuciiUHfilie St..
Dispatches weie ovei flowing
again yesterday with tho mo.st
ridiculous absurd stories concern
ing Colliding, Aithur, Piatt and
Cornell at Albany. People may
just as well understand the situa
tion, and to sum it all up in a nut
shell the substance of the wliolut
thing is this, that it it, an irrepres
sible conflict between tin radical
and conservative elements of the
republican paity, between the
third-termers and anti-third-term-ers:
between the Grant-Conkling
men and the Gaifield-Blaine men;
between the Three Hundied and
Six and the Thiee Hundred and
Ninety-Nine. It is nonesense to
talk of "harmony" and a com
promise"" when the fight is. forced
so bitterly and with so much vin
dictiTe spirit fiom the half-breeds.
Is now iivjiuiea l V
TAKE PloTOailAHS
Of all kindaiiil iirfli' lalcft sIvleN.
fiij niK aiul l!iilnrKiiij?Ititr$ in Oil Ci:i
011. India Ink and A ater Culuc.
All kind- and mzcs ofTinTiis
Hon. A. It. MoacliRin was inter
viewed at Lai ainie 011 the 1-ttli. 3Ir.
Mcacham is no mid or bonds to an
swer before the Unitod Suites couit of
Denver as accessory tt tliejniuder f
Astoria and Upper Astoria
Freight and Passenger Line.
WIN lfMlr lll(Olvidllt Ifot
W coi net
tit el mid !'.ige&
r at
6 O'clock A. M., Daily,
to liuiir Hi
Vnd iii,h altfrnntp
croRtler.
Will also lcae JL jipcr Tjmn from 3Ir. Fonts
nlnci' at theuiiA of llirfiond. from Van I)u-
iis store, amf Air .Tdlinuscns. par h altrr-
nalf hour.
Saturday nlclits illrnn Ulfcr 1 acfonnno-
u:il tlie niiiu.
nii!al)oiwllHf IneMaHSTus for. start in
but this liiTe has lH'eiuCstauuslied for the
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FAKKS. Tickets wrflslc .solfjxnafii Kite
of 12V4 cents per trip. VJiiSKafts anu parcels
I at sjnno rates N
Is. (.. fUTTLKK. Manacer.
Jackson, who was killed by Indions. stona.5Iay27.lNSl.
while en route t the O'uiuiison for
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
IN-
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS, LUMBER.
ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
TIN PLATE
ISLOCK TIN, PIG LEAD,
SEAMING COPPEltS,
SOLDEKIXG COFFEKS
SALMON TWINE,
COTTON TWINE,
NET LINES.
MANILLA ROPE,
SAIL CLOTH,
ANCHORS,
OAKS, FLOATS,
MAULS. HANDLES,
MURIATIC ACID,
LACQUER, VARNISH,
TURPENTINE. IiENZINE,
COAL OIL,
GUM ROOTS, RICE, ETC., ETC.,
IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
ASTORIA, - OREGON.
ltciiKinlxr these.aro all tirst ckis regular pmI- kihI le iHHistii .11 an Iimh atl m n,l IH- tH. IH,j ,( ,.j,.lSN M leiii.-n- ..( ail xrs ..t nn-i. ,iij in-1. etc . I hope that tin
an v quant it. Yoiuniist not Imagine lxrcatiset oinaii Hiit a Ihvhsc offers o diweiis ' inin- luTftrfn-s,.t nit irf lown will lvs.ent with.
tho iniLst 1m cheap. Look at prices markeil in m hiimIuh. Uhmi if mmi iHut itt aw- tKirsTral IF. I K iXT
"mramt not !!ManrtsK?l h.iS1' !,lM' ''""'W' "" '' U'Yi:K Vl' Vl ' M W VKI- ftgrilie Mh.M iwnrkcl mo .wk, .1 t in plain air, s' "
BREWERY
CALIFORISIA store
THE
TIU: CHB1P1ST
COLUMBIA
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A ATI? D"DTr(l? QrPAUT? I1
I I pj r h II ilii L ; I I V I J 1 !1: ,ri',:i:l0K ro w i ' i.cki.i.i n em: on this coast
LN ASTORIA. MOHN HAMZs, - - PROPKIETOR,
I- COHEW, CHENA3HUS STREET, - ASTORIA, OREGON.
CORNER OPPOSITE TIIE POST OFFICE.' .wOrders kit at the ni.KMAMA ISKEK HALL mil I prcniptl attondod to.-ffa
MRS. H. A. DERBY,
MASOXICIULU - ASTORIA. Oi:K:ON.
Will open her new Mock
On Thnrsflay, May 5tl, 1881.
Consisting of
A FIXE ASSORTMENT OI
The Josephine Seamless Kid Gloves
Warranted to be tlu hrM in the mnrkt't.
Also, a larse assortment of
Infants Wear and Ladies Dres
sing Saques.
A lare vanetx of
NEW MILLINERY GOODS
Purchased ljy herself
Hats, Bonnets. Velvets,
trial. He was not noar the scone of J Saloon for Sale. j
tho inured v. and had o more to do I TxtvNSEQrr.NTEooiQipyALFiioM Satins, Ribbons, Ruchlngs,
" nvinn! i(i rjiriKr 1 Kniriiii.i iifriiA.- niifr 1
with it than Heniy Ward Ueecher,
but for political reasons, nud through
ill feeling; he has been charged with
the offense, and, ow ing to the fact th.it
under the statutes an accessory can
not be tried until after the principal.
Air. Meacham will not get n hearing
until the indicted Utcs are captured,
and this latter consumation is one of
the events of the remote futurity.
fori
beds :
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cc lor tlicnischiii.
Breincr yeer
Orecon.
May27,6S1.
stotk. furniture.
pnen. Buyers are
! an inventory ana
fETEU KIES.
strcc.iAMOrtJ,
Jor
"Marian King."
ir "AVE XOW 1TACED THIS FIRST
1 chtss essel on the berth for salmon
loading to Lnernool. For particulars reRard-
Ing rates of freight and insurance, apply to
KODaERS, MEYER & CO.,
Portlmd, Orepon.
Collars, Etc., Etc.,
MAIX STREET, - ASTORIA. OREGON.
TIN PLATE,
BLOCK TIN
For sale ex Warehouse at Astoria or Portland
by
5C-tf
BALfFOUK, GUTHRIE & Co.
Portland, Oregon.
ANOTHER WORD OF
W AENING !
I see you Isaac and -will go
As it is customary this season with merchants to quote prices in advertising, I will show fihe public that I CxVN1
not be Undersold, and would draw attention to the following
PRICE Ii I S T.
Nine yawls pure linen crash $1 00
Eleven yards Uussia c-rasli - 100
Extra large linen towels . 20
Extra large lioney-coml) towels .......... .
Five inonnie towels for n
Extra large Turkish towels
Extra fine unbleached table linen, -pev yard
Turkey red table linen, warranted fast colors, per yard.....
Large size honey-comb bed sjneads 75
Extra size honey-comb bed spreads 1 15
Gents good suspenders, and upwards.. ( 25
Ladies brown or bleached bnlbrigan hose, pr pnic. $1 20
All other hosiery in porportion.
Gents Canton Hannel undershirts and drawers, each -10
Gents good Merino undershirts ami dmirai'8, eeh 40
Gents good, all wool, red or blue flannel undershirts and
drawers, each 1 25
Ten pairs gonts cottnn socks (not -wurranted hill regular)
for : .-:.
Gents blue shirte.
All other goods in proportion.
1 00
75
Great Bargains in Clothing,
Great Bargains in Boots and Shoes,
Great Bargains in Dress Goods,
Great Bargains in Laces,
Great Bargains in Hosiery,
Great Bargains in Buttons,
Great Bargains in Fats,
Great Bargains in Furnishing Goods,
Great Bargains in Dress Trimmings,
Great Bargains in Embroideries,
Great Bargains in gloves.
Great Bargains in House Furnishing Goods.
Great Bargains in all Departments.
My Embroideries, Laces, Corsets, and Kid Gloves were all bought direct from importers and manufacturers in
New York, and prices are fully 20 per cent cheaper than similar goods are selling elsewhere.
This is no advertising dodge, as I have each and ever- article advertised, and will sell them at prices quoted.
G. H COOPER,
Z X X STORK
Corner of Main and Concomly Streets,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
A a? -g xzas&r
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